New production plant for S2000 & NSX
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New production plant for S2000 & NSX
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[QUOTE]Honda niche cars will get bigger plant
By Yuzo Yamaguchi
Automotive News / July 14, 2003
TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. Ltd. will shift production of its low-volume niche cars in Japan to a bigger plant to achieve higher efficiencies amid tough sales here.
By Yuzo Yamaguchi
Automotive News / July 14, 2003
TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. Ltd. will shift production of its low-volume niche cars in Japan to a bigger plant to achieve higher efficiencies amid tough sales here.
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It looks like they just want to consolidate some of their operations to reduce costs and also have room for some of their other operations. It says that the engines and bodies for NSX, S2000 and Insight will be made and assembled in the Suzuka plant. That's a good thing, guys. I don't think they are trying to increase production, just kind of do a better "quality control" on what they are currently making.
Has anybody been to Suzuka? Is it nice and clean and relatively low in pollution compared to the rest of Japan? I'm just wondering why they would name the blue "Suzuka Blue" and figured maybe the air is cleaner there. But with a factory making cars... I guess one can't be too sure.
Has anybody been to Suzuka? Is it nice and clean and relatively low in pollution compared to the rest of Japan? I'm just wondering why they would name the blue "Suzuka Blue" and figured maybe the air is cleaner there. But with a factory making cars... I guess one can't be too sure.
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I don't think so either. I'm a little confused, though... Isn't Takanezawa the name of the facility (in Tochigi)? Are the engines made in a different facility than the assembly location? I always thought it was all the same place...
Buy, anyway, I've always thought of our car as "hand made". That illusion will be impossible to retain after the car makes a transition to Suzuka.
Buy, anyway, I've always thought of our car as "hand made". That illusion will be impossible to retain after the car makes a transition to Suzuka.
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Originally posted by minako
It looks like they just want to consolidate some of their operations to reduce costs and also have room for some of their other operations. It says that the engines and bodies for NSX, S2000 and Insight will be made and assembled in the Suzuka plant. That's a good thing, guys. I don't think they are trying to increase production, just kind of do a better "quality control" on what they are currently making.
Has anybody been to Suzuka? Is it nice and clean and relatively low in pollution compared to the rest of Japan? I'm just wondering why they would name the blue "Suzuka Blue" and figured maybe the air is cleaner there. But with a factory making cars... I guess one can't be too sure.
It looks like they just want to consolidate some of their operations to reduce costs and also have room for some of their other operations. It says that the engines and bodies for NSX, S2000 and Insight will be made and assembled in the Suzuka plant. That's a good thing, guys. I don't think they are trying to increase production, just kind of do a better "quality control" on what they are currently making.
Has anybody been to Suzuka? Is it nice and clean and relatively low in pollution compared to the rest of Japan? I'm just wondering why they would name the blue "Suzuka Blue" and figured maybe the air is cleaner there. But with a factory making cars... I guess one can't be too sure.
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The engines are NOT put together in the same factory that the S2000 is assembled in. We never did figure out where the engines came from when we toured the plant.
It's more acurate to say our cars are "hand assembled." For example, the frame is NOT made by a guy with some metal and a hammer. But all the dash stuff, the suspension, the seats, the gas tank, the intake - that's all put in by hand. No robotics at all. The only role the robotics have at the Takanezawa plant is for welding - and maybe painting, but that was in an area we didn't tour.
Hopefully the Suzuka plant will allow the same level of quality.
What'd be really cool, though, if this let Honda price a 400hp NSX around $55k. (Hey, a guy can dream, right?
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It's more acurate to say our cars are "hand assembled." For example, the frame is NOT made by a guy with some metal and a hammer. But all the dash stuff, the suspension, the seats, the gas tank, the intake - that's all put in by hand. No robotics at all. The only role the robotics have at the Takanezawa plant is for welding - and maybe painting, but that was in an area we didn't tour.
Hopefully the Suzuka plant will allow the same level of quality.
What'd be really cool, though, if this let Honda price a 400hp NSX around $55k. (Hey, a guy can dream, right?
)